Posted by zeugma on November 8, 2006, at 20:45:49
In reply to Re: and just to add, apoliticallyDinah » zeugma, posted by Dinah on November 8, 2006, at 20:14:54
Dinah, your writing is such a consolation to me.
Yes, Bush the Elder put a lot of faith in him. And I am unsure- unsure- of where to place Bush the Elder (in my own mind of course, which is of interest mainly to me).
Because Gulf War I, I opposed it, and in liberal NYC, with the 'bo blood for oil' slogans in the subways (or whatever the slogans were-)- I was not opposed without qualification, by which I mean, I can hardly approve the invasion of another country (Kuwait). I felt, as you probably gathered from my rather emotional posts about Gates, that it woiuld have been wiser- fairer to the Kurds and Shiites- if we had taken Baghdad.
Powell and Bush I made a different choice, one I did not like but which was made nonetheless, Saddam commited crimes for which he is now sentences to hang- of course, he was hardly spotless before the suppressions of the revolts that followed Gulf War I- but once it had been made, for better or worse, I feel that it should have been adhered to, after all the mass killings in Kurd villages had stopped and though Saddam's actions in the last decade hardly redeemed him, the geopolitical reasons for which Powell and Bush I made their decision not to topple Saddam were still basically valid- valid as realpolitik, ugly, but valid (in a realpolitik sense).
oh well, it's been a long day. I appreciate your level tones, Dinah.
-z
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